# Spoontula or Spatuloon? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 10, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934 "2008-01-10T02:57:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/1 "2008-01-10T02:57:16Z")
While cooking supper tonight, my husband told me how happy he was with the Ikea spatula we bought recently. Since it has curved edges, it works well as a serving spoon too! In a slightly ridiculous amount of joy, he declared that he loved the “Spatuloon!” Once I’d stopped laughing at him, I told him that I was glad he liked the “Spoontula” We then proceeded to have a 10 minute “argument” about which word was better, and he told me I ought to post it on the boards, and put it to a vote! So, Dopers, which word do you prefer? Spoontula, or Spatuloon? What other random items have you given crazy hybrid names to? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/2 "2008-01-10T02:59:55Z")
Whatever you call it, it sounds more useful than the KFC spork, an eating utensil which combines both spoon and fork and is designed to deposit as much food in your lap as into your mouth. ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/3 "2008-01-10T03:15:06Z")
Neither, but you’re closer. It’s a “spoonula”. No “T”. Every place I’ve ever seen that sells them calls it that, and it rolls off the tongue better than either of the other too. ---
**Author:** ![Emmy2635](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/919ad9/32.png) [@Emmy2635](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emmy2635)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/4 "2008-01-10T03:15:57Z")
Ah, but it already has a name. They are called “spoonulas”. ---
**Author:** ![Basandre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@Basandre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Basandre)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/5 "2008-01-10T03:33:15Z")
[Spoonula!](http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=744&f=11854) ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/6 "2008-01-10T03:41:53Z")
Sorry, but I think “spatuloon” is a much better word. Baboon, pantaloon, brigadoon, contrabassoon … spatuloon. It rolls off the tongue. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/7 "2008-01-10T03:51:43Z")
I vote for ‘spatuloon’. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/8 "2008-01-10T04:16:58Z")
Spoontula is an awesome B-movie monster though. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/9 "2008-01-10T11:08:29Z")
[QUOTE=mnemosyne] So, Dopers, which word do you prefer? Spoontula, or Spatuloon? [/QUOTE] It’s difficult to say. They both fill me with such deep horror, I can’t easily compare it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/10 "2008-01-10T14:42:25Z")
[QUOTE=Snarky\_Kong] Spoontula is an awesome B-movie monster though. [/QUOTE] Spinning its webs of horror in the cutlery drawer, it waits for its next meal… _Spoontula!_ ---
**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/11 "2008-01-10T14:50:09Z")
Even the professional catering suppliers Nisbets call it a [spoonula](http://www.nisbets.co.uk/products/ProductList.asp?TopGroupCode=C3&ParentGroupCode=S44&GroupCode=223). They don’t have sporks though. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/12 "2008-01-10T15:21:08Z")
[QUOTE=mnemosyne] So, Dopers, which word do you prefer? Spoontula, or Spatuloon? [/QUOTE] It’s the Spoontula, named for the fictional Count Spoontula (who was modeled after the historical figure, Vlad the en-ladler). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/13 "2008-01-10T15:41:34Z")
Spatuloon! I shall henceforth call these utensils by that name, when I remember not to call them “thingies.” ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/14 "2008-01-10T16:10:54Z")
I can’t help thinking a spatuloon should be inflatable and buoyant. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/15 "2008-01-10T17:17:25Z")
Similarly, I call my Swiss Army knife my knibottleopescrewstrippercorcanoreamedriver. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/16 "2008-01-10T17:22:47Z")
“Spatuloon” sounds like something that ought to be similar to a “spittoon”. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/17 "2008-01-10T18:05:40Z")
Spatuloon rolls off the tongue very nicely. It has to be the winner for me. Spoontula (or for that matter Spoonula) is awkward for me. I don’t care for it, personally. ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/18 "2008-01-10T18:52:13Z")
I hear there’s a huge selection at Spoonula City ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/19 "2008-01-10T21:46:39Z")
Looking at the Nisbets link, it doesn’t really look like that at all, so whatever it is, it isn’t a Spoonula as we commonly (?) know it. It really is more like a spatula, with slightly raised edges - a little like our cat litter scoop, but without the holes to sift with. Found it! Apparently IKEA calls it the DIREKT wok spatula: [link](http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70066827) but that’s a stupid name. I hope that doesn’t mean I lose…! But then again, seeing as how he’s the cook around here, I suppose he can call it whatever he wants! I’ll continue to “argue” with him though, just because it’s fun! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/20 "2008-01-10T22:24:59Z")
[QUOTE=Fretful Porpentine] Sorry, but I think “spatuloon” is a much better word. Baboon, pantaloon, brigadoon, contrabassoon … [/QUOTE] …Rangoon, macaroon, _Clair de lune_,… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934.md?page=2)